Administration of the MapR Database is done primarily via the command line (maprcli) or with the MapR Control System (MCS). Regardless of whether the MapR Database table is used for binary files or JSON documents, the same types of commands are used with slightly different parameter
options. MapR Database administration is associated with tables, columns and column families, and table regions.

Configuring clusters for participation in the replication of MapR Event Store For Apache Kafka streams involves configuring two or more gateways on destination clusters and, if the clusters are secure,
setting up secure communications between the clusters.

Use Apache Kafka's MirrorMaker utility either to mirror topics that are in Apache Kafka clusters to streams that are in
MapR clusters or to Mirror topics that are in MapR clusters to Apache Kafka clusters.

The MapR Data Access Gateway is a service that acts as a proxy and gateway for translating requests between lightweight
client applications and the MapR cluster. This section describes considerations when upgrading the service, how to modify
configuration settings, and how to administer and manage the service.